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Sunday, March 08, 2026

Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found. Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.


Saturday, March 07, 2026

Fishing crews face horrifying burns from dredging the dumped chemical weapons.


Until recently, a call coming into the Danbury[,CT] Fire Department meant alarms and tones immediately blasting at high volume -- startling the firefighters before they headed out to scenes that could get their hearts pumping even faster. Capt. Kevin Lunnie said the effect could be "overwhelming." He noticed a big jump in his heart rate when the alerts went off, which isn't a good thing in a profession where heart problems are the leading cause of on-duty deaths.


The US Customs and Border Protection says it currently can't comply with an order to process billions of dollars in refunds stemming from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. In a filing on Friday, CBP executive director Brandon Lord says the agency's digital import processing system is "not well suited to a task of this scale," as reported earlier by CNBC.


In southern Utah, a measles outbreak that's been simmering since last summer is showing signs of wider spread. Now, state health officials are pleading with residents to take the virus seriously. "It is not a mild infection. It is not a mild virus. It is severe illness," Utah's state epidemiologist, Dr. Leisha Nolen, said at a news briefing Thursday.


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Alabama 3, or as they were known on the local college station, A3.

"Too Sick To Pray."

Excellent tune, imo.

The Human Mind (A short excerpt from ZBS Foundation's great series) (two minutes long) (1972)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
(transcribed from what I hear)

...
The human mind does not exist only within the human body. We know the mind and the brain are not the same thing.

The brain must stay where it is, but the mind is free to roam where it will.

...

You, the listener, let me borrow your mind for a moment....

...


An interesting observation of the recent mind vs body topic of discussion.



@#14 ... Saw Bromberg a few times ...

I attended his concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (upstate NY) in 1974.

This one ...

Benefit concert for the Citizens Committee on Mental Health. Bill: Weather Report, Blue Oyster Cult, Tom Rush and David Bromberg. (1974)
www.weatherreportdiscography.org

fwiw, in addition to Mr Bromberg, Blue Oyster Cult also had a great performance.

All that aside, one of the reasons I enjoy Mr Bromberg's music, aside from the talent of the studio musicians he employs, is that his music is an amalgam of rock, jazz and bluegrass.


Fox News poll: Majority says Trump's handling of Iran has made US less safe
thehill.com

... A majority of American voters believe that President Trump's relationship with Iran has made the U.S. less safe, according to a new poll.

In the Fox News poll, 51 percent of respondents said the president's relationship with Iran has increased risk for the U.S. Twenty-nine percent in the poll said Trump's relationship with Iran has increased security for the U.S., while 19 percent said his relationship has resulted in "no difference." One percent said they were unsure about the effect of Trump's relationship with Iran on American safety.

Trump has dismissed polls featuring low approval from Americans when it comes to the U.S. military operation in Iran.

"I think that the polling is very good, but I don't care about polling. I have to do the right thing. I have to do the right thing. This should have been done a long time ago," Trump said in a New York Post interview published Monday. ...



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